The
ZFB05, also known as Xinxing (New Star) in its commercial name, is a
4X4 wheeled armoured vehicle developed, designed and manufactured by
the Chinese Company Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicle Factory. The vehicle
was based on the chassis of the Nanjing IVECO NJ2046 4X4 high-mobility
truck, with an all-steel armoured hull to provide protection against
small arms. The vehicle is mainly equipped by the People’s Armed
Police (PAP) Force and public security (police) forces for transportation
and riot control roles. The PLA UN Peacekeeping troops are also equipped
with this vehicle. The company has already sold the ZFB05 4x4 to a number
of African states.

Variants

-
ZFB05:
standard version of the ZFB05 family, light protected vehicle
personnel carrier
- ZFB05A:
armoured hatch for the driver and commander at the front of the vehicle,
new chassis- ZFB05 35 mm Grenade Launche: 35 mm grenade launcher
is mounted to the roof of the vehicle
- ZFB05 23 mm chain canon: with a turret armed with a 23 mm canon
- ZFB05G
broadcasting vehicle: speakers mounted to the roof of the
vehicle
- ZFB05F
anti-riot: crew compartment with anti-riot water pomp
- ZFB05 ambulance: the rear compartment is more higher for the
transport of wounded soldiers- ZFB05
Psy Ops: Protected vehicle for Psychological Operations,
speaker are mounted to the roof.
- ZFB05
anti-riot disperse vehicle: An higher compartment is mounted
at the rear of the vehicle with two gaz disperser systems. - ZFB08:
6x6 chassis wheeled combat vehicle

The primary
weapon of the ZFB05 is a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun mounted
on the roof. Alternatively the vehicle can be armed with a
23mm cannon or 35mm automatic grenade launcher. The weapon
station is normally mounted on the forward part of the roof
and armament typically consists of a 12.7 mm machine gun which
is provided with a shield to provide the gunner with frontal
protection. The gunner is provided with a single-piece hatch
cover that opens to the rear. Bullet proof windows and associated
firing ports are provided so the crew can fire their weapons
from within the safety of the vehicle.

Design
and protection

The
design of the ZFB05 is standard with the engine at the front,
crew compartment in the middle and troop's area at the rear.
The front side of the crew compartment is fitted with two large
bullet-proof windows and one single door on each side of the
hull. There is a large door in the rear that opens to the right
and has a small bulletproof window. The ZFB05 vehicle body is
a full closed down structure. The outline appearance of the
vehicle is the slope multi-side geometric form sculpt. The isotope
anti-bullet protecting steel plates of the vehicle body have
been adopted and welded. The V-form anti-bullet structure has
been set up under the vehicle bottom. The same degree anti-bullet
glasses are completely installed on all the windows of the vehicle
body. Several obvious windows and shooting holes have been designed
on the both sides and rear part of the vehicle. The vehicle
has the very strong attacking and protecting capabilities. All
the sides of the vehicle is protected against the firing of
small arms 7.62mm caliber Chinese Type-56 assault rifle (same
as Russian AK-47 assault rifle) The ZFB05 provides better armour
protection compared to armoured cars based on civilian vehicles,
at a lower unit cost compared to the military-standard armoured
fighting vehicles. The vehicle is suitable for low-intensity
operations such as peacekeeping, riot-control, and law enforcement.
However, the experience of the Chinese peacekeeping police in
Haiti showed that the vehicle’s armour has been penetrated
by small calibres (7.62mm or 5.56mm) automatic weapons during
cross-fire. On self-recovery winch is mounted at the front of
the hull.

Propulsion

The
ZFB05 has adopted the Model IVECO-NJ2046 military 4x4 cross-country
chassis and is motorized with Model SOFIM 8142.43 87kw turbo-charging
inter-cooling diesel engine with a maximum power of 118 hp.
The ZFB05 has a maximum road speed of 11 km/h, and a maximum
range of 800 km. The starting device of the low temperature
-41°C can be installed in the vehicle so that the vehicle
can be immediately started in the deep cold regions. The wheels
adopt the anti-bullet and anti-exploding tyres.

Accessories

In
option the ZFB05 can be equipped with alarm police lights, alarming
devices, camera video monitoring devices and circumrotating
strong light searching/lighting lamp. Over the rear troop compartment
are two outward opening oblong roof hatches. A spare wheel is
mounted at the rear of the hull.